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Recipient of the Chancellor's Award for
Professional Service
Bio
Daniel joined the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at SUNY Brockport in 2023.
Nationally, Daniel has served in several roles with the American Chemical Society (ACS). He is an inaugural member of the ACS Committee on the Advancement of LGBTQ+ Chemists (CALC), beginning in January 2026. He also served on the ACS Committee on Chemical Safety (CCS) from 2018–2025, including as Executive Secretary from 2024–2025, and represented CCS on the ACS Roundtable from 2022–2025.
Education
BS, University of Nevada, Reno, 2000
MS, University of Nevada, Reno, 2004
Areas of Specialty
Daniel Jacques specializes in and innovates the programmatic and academic implementation of both regulatory and pedagogical topics of laboratory safety and chemical hygiene. At SUNY Brockport, Daniel serves as both the Chemistry Safety Manager and a laboratory instructor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
As a career chemistry laboratory educator and safety manager, he has developed multiple college-wide STEM laboratory and chemical safety programs and training seminars; highlights include developing online hazardous waste documentation programs, SUNY Geneseo’s chemical hygiene plan, and course- and employment-specific laboratory safety right-to-know program development, institution, and embedded safety education and training for faculty, staff, and students. In 2025 he was commended by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Office of Safety Programs on his contributions in the ACS Committee on Chemical Safety.
Furthermore, Daniel has been widely recognized for his instruction and mentorship in both domains of STEM Accessibility and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect (DEIR), topics of inclusion and belonging, and formal teaching of introductory and advanced Safe Zone topics.
Courses Taught
Current Courses:
F2026 Chemical Safety, CHM 301
Tuesdays 12:30pm - 1:45pm
Courses taught in other semesters:
Organic Chem I, CHM 305 Laboratory
Chemistry for the Health Professions, CHM 260 Laboratory
College Chem I, CHM 205 Laboratory
Research Interests
Chemical Safety and Hygiene
Laboratory Safety
Intersections of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect (DEIR) with Chemical and Laboratory Safety
Jacques, Daniel; Tallmadge, Weslene. Teaching Risk-Based Safety in Chemistry. Risk Assessment in Academia and Industry. Chemical Safety Conversations with Educators in India. ACS India Webinar. November 4, 2025.
Decker, Debbie; Dunn, Anna; Jacques, Daniel. “Psychological Safety is Lab Safety: Using Ramp to Assess DEIR Hazards” American Chemical Society (ACS) Webinar. Co-produced with The Committee on Chemical Safety and the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety. November 11, 2023. https://www.acs.org/acs-webinars/library/psychological-lab-safety.html
Jacques, Daniel. “Fostering Change from Within: Navigating Challenges and Creating Opportunities for Growth in DEIR and Safety” American Chemical Society (ACS): Chemical Health and Safety (CHAS). Fall 2023. San Francisco, CA
ACS National Meeting and Expo Conference. Committee on Chemical Safety Full Member. Presenter, DEIR Advances in Chemical Safety: Initiatives and Accomplishments. March 26, 2023. Indianapolis, IL
Jacques, Daniel., Sigmann, Samuella; Decker, Debbie; Situma, Catherine, “ACS CHAS Chat: Safety Culture and DEI” – American Chemical Society Chemical Health and Safety Division. September 16, 2021
Jacques, D. “Integrating Safety Culture in Undergraduate Academic Laboratories” Invited Speaker. SEHSA Conference. Lake Placid, NY. October 29, 2014
